Decanet taxon details
Cambarus sheltae (Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
1726815 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1726815)
accepted
Species
Orconectes (Orconectes) sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997 · unaccepted > superseded combination
recent only
(of Orconectes (Orconectes) sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997) Cooper, J.E.; Cooper, M.R. (1997). A new troglobitic crayfish of the genus <i>Orconectes</i>, subgenus <i>Orconectes</i> (Decapoda: Cambaridae), endemic to Shelta Cave, Huntsville, Alabama. <em>Journal of Caves and Karst Studies.</em> 59: 119-127. [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Cambarus sheltae (Cooper & Cooper, 1997). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1726815 on 2025-09-12
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(of Orconectes (Orconectes) sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997) Cooper, J.E.; Cooper, M.R. (1997). A new troglobitic crayfish of the genus <i>Orconectes</i>, subgenus <i>Orconectes</i> (Decapoda: Cambaridae), endemic to Shelta Cave, Huntsville, Alabama. <em>Journal of Caves and Karst Studies.</em> 59: 119-127. [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Dooley, K. E.; Niemiller, K. D. K.; Sturm, N.; Niemiller, M. L. (2022). Rediscovery and phylogenetic analysis of the Shelta Cave Crayfish (Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997), a decapod (Decapoda, Cambaridae) endemic to Shelta Cave in northern Alabama, USA. <em>Subterranean Biology.</em> 43: 11-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.43.79993 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Dooley, K. E.; Niemiller, K. D. K.; Sturm, N.; Niemiller, M. L. (2022). Rediscovery and phylogenetic analysis of the Shelta Cave Crayfish (Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997), a decapod (Decapoda, Cambaridae) endemic to Shelta Cave in northern Alabama, USA. <em>Subterranean Biology.</em> 43: 11-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.43.79993 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Shelta Cave Crayfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orconectes sheltae) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orconectes sheltae) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Orconectes sheltae Cooper & Cooper, 1997)
From editor or global species database